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THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER, room of " the rights of the poor," for lie believed that the poor had rights just as firm, and based upon principles just as strong, as those of the Lords.—( Loud cheers.) Nay. of the two, lie believed that the rights of the poor would bear a much stricter examination, and be found more in unison with the public principle, than any rights which the Lords might happen to possess.—(Cheers.) It was his firm conviction, that upon entering any civilised state, every honest and industrious man had a right to be maintained either in sickness, in old age, or in case of accident, by which he was deprived of the power to maintain his family, for lie had risen by his previous industry and good conduct —be said he had a right to be maintained during either tem porary or permanent affliction. Preservation of this right rendered it easy to mark the difference between savage and civilised life. Among the savage tribes, when a man arrived at a certain time of life, he was allowed by his relations to die from want ; or, in some countries they had heard of, after the savage was unable to protect himself, he was despatched by those who knew he would otherwise die a linger ing death ; but in civilised society, the man, who during his life, had been willing to maintain himself by honest in dustry, and had assisted to accumulate the capital possessed by the community at large, had a right to be maintained out of the funds he had assisted to increase by his labour, when he could no longer, maintain himself out of his own resources. That had always been his opinion—it ever would be his opinion ; and in accordance with that convic tion, he-bad voted in favour of every measure of relief pro posed in behalf of the poor of Ireland. lie should be asked, after this avowal, how could he support the present Poor Law Bill ? He did support that measure, and he supported it still, and if they would bear with him a few minutes, he would be able to show that the oppression and the tyranny which had arisen were not the result of the measure itself, or if it could be foreseen, the new Poor Law Amendment Act would never have received the sanction of a Reformed Parliament. He believed that no Ministers would have dared to propose to Parliament, or that any Parliament would have listened to the proposal, to separate husband from wife, children from parents, or have connived at the attempt to prevent the poor from attending those mi nisters who had hitherto supplied them with religious con solation and instruction ; such an atrocious proposition, to have emanated from the Government would have been scouted as it deserved. But these things have been done, and how ? The working of the Poor Law Bill -has been en trusted to Commissioners, appointed—(Shouts of " Who appointed them ?")—the working of the measure had been en t r usted to certain Poor Law Commissioners—he should come to who were the Commissioners by and by, if they would remain quiet--with an honest intention on the part of Parliament that all their endeavours should be directed to alleviate the distress which must necessarily ensue con sequent upon so great a change. The only proposition for which the Parliament voted on that occasion, was that the idle and the dissolute should not in future be supported by the labour of the honest and the industrious. To that prin ciple be was resolved to adhere as firmly as he would main tain the rights of the deserving poor.--(Cheers.) The rights of the poor were not the rights of the idle and dissolute—of ,those who can dig, and to beg are not ashamed.—(Cheers.) The Poor Law Bill was to prevent those from living idly and profligately, affording a bad example to those risin g into manhood,' and rendering them careless whether they de pended upon their own exertions, or whether they relied upon the wages of the industrious.—(Cheers.) It had been asked who were the Commissioners ? He presumed the querist was a Blue, and perhaps he would be exceedingly gratified to learn that the Chief Commissioner of Poor Laws was a Tory.—(Loud laughter, and three cheers for Rigby Wason.) He should be sorry if that Blue retired from the Hall without knowing the name of that gentleman ; he was a respectable Tory, and his name was Frankland Lewis. He opposed every clause of the Reform Bill, and voted with the Tories upon that question. Mr. MonaisoN felt it was much to be regretted that out door relief should be refused to the good.—(Hear, hear.) A reason had been given for this, that they would be more comfortable, and better taken care of in the workhouse ; but the cottage of the poor man, though built of mud, and might be damp under foot, it was perhaps a spot they had lived in for years, and to which they became attached. — (Hear, hear.) It was, therefore, painful to them to be removed from it.—(Hear, hear.) There was also one ab surdity in doing so, for it would be attended with much greater expense, and pecuniary objection might be raised against it. In his travels, a short time since, he saw a man working on the road ; he (Mr. Morrison) inquired what his wages, &c., were, when he stated he had one son at home who had been a gamekeeper, and he one day caught a chill of the blood, and was in consequence incapacitated from pursuing his duties. This boy had been nursed at home by his mother, when the poor man said he hoped the Guardians of the Poor would not take him away from her, as it would break the mother's heart, it was a question whether he should live on a year or two. Mr. Morrison was a stranger in that part of the country, and heard no more of it, but he felt it would have been a cruel case to move the son.—(Cheers.) He had told Lord Spencer, that if lie legislated upon that principle, it would set the people against him, and it could not be carried into effect. On another occasion the clergy man called upon .him, and said the poor were actually frightened, that after a certain day they were not to receive any relief; they were in tears, when he (Mr. Morrison) replied, " If it is taken from them, I will pay them out of my own pocket."—(Cheers.) It was not taken from them, and as the custom prevails, so he hoped it would continue to prevail ; the good and infirm required this, and if it were necessary upon looking into the law, that it should be altered, he should give it his support.—(Cheers.) The meeting was rather stormy, but the Members ap peared eventually to satisfy their constituents as to the course they had pursued. On Friday a grand entertainment was given to the late Mayor of Ipswich, in the Council Chamber, Sir Robert Harland presiding. Messrs. Morrison and Wason were present, and addressed the company at great length. On Monday a public dinner was given to Messrs. He therington and Cleave, at the White Conduit House Ta vern, to celebrate the reduction of the stamp-duty upon newspapers, and to convey to those gentlemen an expres sion of public approbation for their exertions towards the achievement of that event. At four o'clock every seat at the tables laid in the large room was occupied, and shortly afterwards Augustus Beaumont, Esq., took the chair, with Mr. Hethrington on one side, and Mr. Cleave on the other, and supported by Thomas Wakley, Esq., M.P., D. W. Harvey, Esq., M. P.; Coloncl Thompson, Al. P. ; Dr. Wade, and several other well-known public men. t Upon the cloth having been removed, letters were read • from Earl Stanhope. Mr. Hume, M.P., Mr. Roebuck, • M. P., Colonel L. Stanhope, and Dr. Birkbeck, giving reasons why they could not attend the meeting. The • Chairman made a long and animated speech on the bene ficial effects of a free press ; and a poetical address on the same subject was delivered by Mr. Lovet. Mr. Wakley then spoke against the existing stamp-duty on newspapers, and observed that so long as the penny stamp remained, the press of England would be enslaved. He congratu lated the meeting, however, on havi,ng obtained an instal ment, and he maintained that they ought to be grateful to the Whigs for having got so much. Allowance, he said, should be made for the situation in which the Whigs were placed, as it would have been impossible for them to have abolished the duty altogether, in consequence of the opposi don such a measure would have received from the Tories. Colonel Thompson and Mr. Hetherington next spoke ; and they were followed by Mr. Cleave, who made a state ment of his struggle§ in contending for an unstamped press. He said the eyes of the vendors were fixed on those scoun drels who had assisted the Stamp Office to - stop the circu }Alen. When they had brought it home, they would not be slow in branding their infamy, even at the risk of t their lives. Mr. D. W. HARVEY then rose, and animadverted rather warmly upon the speech of Mr. Wakley. He said he de tested the excuse of abandoning great principles, by alleging J that the nation was to get an instalment. This practice be condemned as a" bitter mockery" and a "pernicious de lusion." He alluded in terms of disapprobation to the Mi nisterial measure for appropriating a small portion of the revenues of the Church of Ireland, and he denied the right of touchin g Church property, except for national purposes. He ridiculed the notices of motion by Members who having done nothing during the Session, at the close of it filled the order book of the House of Commons with promises for the next year, and said he should test the sincerity of these Radical Members the next Session, and compel them to bring forward their motions, or he would do it for them, particularly those respecting the repeal of the Septennial Parliaments, the Ballot, the extension of suffrage, and equitable taxation. WAKLEY replied, and defended the conduct of the Radical Reformers in supportin g the present Ministers, when it was known that if they were thrown ont the To rte must come into power. Several other Gentlemen spoke at considerable length, and the company did not separate till a late hour. CONSERVATIVE DINNER AT WAKEFIELD. (Abridged from a Morning Contemporary.) This grand banquet took place on Monday night. It was given by the Conservative electors to the Hon. W. S. Lascelles, the late candidate for the borough, in a splendid apartment, capable of dining four hundred persons, and two large ante-rooms, en sidle. About five hundred gen tlemen, comprising the wealth, intelligence, and respectabi lity of the borough and its vicinity, sat down to table. Jose Luis Fernandez, Esq., filled the Chair. In his im mediate vicinity were the, following distinguished guests : Lord WharnclitTe ; Hon. Joh n Stuart Wortle y ; Hon. Ed win Lascelles ; Becket Dennison, E:q., Doncaster ; Colo nel Markham, Beeca Hall ; T. Sta 0. Gascoyne, Esq., Tar lington - ; J. W. Barton , Esq., pleton Park ; Charl Wynn, Esq., Nostell Priory ; George Greeves, Esq., Hem sell Lodge ; Joseph Scott, Esq., Badtvorth Hall ; Tom son Walton, Esq., Walton ; Rev. S. Sharp, Vicar of Wake field, &c. &c. On the cloth being removed, the' usual toasts were given, after which the CiiniamAN gave " Our glorious Constitu- MESSRS. MORRISON AND WASON AT IPSWICH. - ..-- Thursday Messrs. Morri—son and Wilson, pursuant to notice by hand-bill, met about 2,000 of their constituents at the Shire-hall. Mr. Aloattisoll—l am glad of the opportunity to meet the numerous friends whom I see assembled around me. When we were here in June last, a great pa rt of the public business remained to be completed in the Hou se of Com mm s. Alluding to the Poor-law Amendment Act, Mr. Morrison said, there is a general understanding amongst the Members, that at the commencement of the next Session a Committee shall be appointed to investi g ate the complaints made •tg a i ns t th e P oor -l a w Amendment Act.—(Hear.) I hope t.,,is explanation will satisfy you that in the vote I, and a vast number of other Members, gave on that occasion, we had no intention to shut out inquiry ; but that it was utterly impossible, as admitted by Mr. Walter, that an inquiry could even have been commenced. Besides, 400 Members had already left town ; it was difficult at times even to make up a House. I hope that an inquiry will take place, at the commencement of the ensuing Session, into the complaints made in various parts of the country against the administra tion of the new Poor Law—(Cheers)—and if a motion be made for a Committee, whethcr on the part of the Govern ment or by an individual Member of the House, I shall be ite as ready as Mr. Walter to give my vote for its sup- I. .—(Cheers.) ~._, ai. '71, - ,>..0' WASON said he did not wish to conceal from him --:..iot, t the great question which not only agitated those , ;(• :\ iVlits it d by their labour in this town, but also the resi ) --.:,siis; every other place throughout the kingdom, was •: " ,;:...the' -7 ' poor law, passed by a Reformed Parliament. On --*: - 1 - '-'.';'i.t.lifs," ject he differed in some respects from his Honour ''''''''',--- -!!,..,:,' .1. N • .-- ' riend—he responded to the cry raised by one in that M. a Ai ~~ .~` f. tiun in Church and State." The Rev. S. SHARP, Vicar of Wakefield, rose to return thanks. He said—From what I can see and hear the at tachment to Church and State manifested now pervades this land in its whole length and breadth ; and I from these symptoms to see, at no distant period, the people of England—the whole British nation—with one heart and soul, rallying once more, as of old, round the Throne of their King and the altar of their Church—the noblest and best institutions of their country.—(Cheers.) The Bri tish Constitution in Church and State appears to me to re semble those ancient castles which adorn and beautify the northern parts of this our England. Like them it has braved for ages the storm and the strife of war and tumult. Built of solid materials, united by the strongest cement, the more it is assailed by the tempest and the breeze the more its majesty is apparent, the more durable it becomes. The ' English Constitution are the King, Lords, and Commons. These are the solid materials of the splendid structure ; and they are cemented together by the ardent affections of a brave, a loyal, and a happy, because a loyal people. It is ;.:9yond doubt and denial that time has made some small inroads on the original foundation of the edifice ; and here and there, we all admit, a faulty part may be found—a de caying, but not a decayed, place ; but I am fully convinced that it has sustained no injury which may not be easily re paired—not by the present State architects, who are bun gling—but by men competent to the 'task , such men , in short, as Sir Robert Peel and his party.—(Cheers.) It has been said that the Clergy should not take any part—any prominent part in political strife. I agree with those who say so, if they refer to ordinary times and ordinary circum tshtaelyieleisa.ve B gi u v t en tb ri s se e , ti a m re es i , lo a t n s d o. the T c h i e rc v u e m r s v ta fo n u c n es da t t o io w n l i i . ic ( l ) l. d—the b a sis of our Constitution is ou r freedom a r e as saile tin eatene d with destruction ; and at such a ti me I can look onG d any m an as little less than a t ra i tor t o his King and his who, in the hour of need, does not stand forward in the defence of his Church and his country— ir 'Tis true, 'tis pity —pity 'tis, 'tis true." that one main pillar of our glorious Constitution is already gone ;:but I still trust that ., what remains is safe.—(Cheers). The Navy and Army ~followed. Song—" Rule 13 rit annta. The CHAIRMAN--4 HOW Call upon you , gentlemen, to an a bumper to the health of our honoured guest, Th e Hon. W. S. Lascelles" The Hon. W. S. LASCELLES, after stating at same length the causes of the downfall of Lord Grey's Govern. ment, went on to say--You rec ollect the appropriation clause in the Irish Tithe Bill. The question involved in that clause was first raised on the disposal of a fund not derived from tithes, but from the leasing in perpetuity of Bishops' lands. A clause in Lord Grey's Bill for the settle- Some bold speculators are budding a steamship o 2,000 tons to sail between Liverpool and New York, FOREIGN cent of the 'tithes bad, or seemed to have, the effect of renting a belief that Church property was the property of he State ; but when the Noble Lord discovered the inter tretation which had been put on it, and the application of a which was likely to be made if it became law, he struck it out altogether, and abandoned the principle involved in it. For that he was denounced by Mr. O'Connell and his party, and on that he lost his position. But, mark the the port of Passages." conduct of his Majesty's present Ministers, in comparienee The Eclaireur, of Toulon, has the following news from with Lord G r ey' s G overnm ent. Th e y i n t ro duced 3, Bill Bo ne :-The number of the sick is increasing. On the for the adjustment of the Irish tithe question, but it con- 12th Nov. there were 1,.500. The Marne arrived on the tained the appropriation clause. Lord Stanley and Sir R. 1 lth with 800 men of the 62d. They have been embarked Peel subsequently introduced - a Bill, between which and the between 40 and 50 days. Messrs. de Mortcwart, de Caren measure of the Government, as to all possible practical man and Baude, make the campaign." relief to the people of Ireland, there was not the slightest The Eclaireur has also the following letter :- difference. That Bill passed the House of Lords -and went " ORAN, Nov. 17.-Our division is much weakened. to the Commons, and there it was thrown out as not recog- The column, which. is to accompany a convoy of 700 or 800 nising the clause which Lord J. Russell had not long before camels to Tremezen, to revictual that town, will scarcely treated so lightly. On that occasion Sir R. Peel and Lord amount to 4,500 men. It was feared that this column Stanley reiterated to the Noble Lord and the Noble Lord's would not be strong enough to reach Tremezen, and the party the question which had been previously put by himself order for its departure was accordingly countermanded cn on a former occasion. They implored him to agree with them the 10th. The Arabs have refused to hire camels for us, and thereby " avert a revolution one a-year." But no ; and to follow the expedition, for fear of being attacked by all would not do. Entreaty, threats, argument were thrown the troops of Abdel Kader, which are superior in number." away on him. He refused to concede to their wishes. The -Journal du Comnzace, Dec. 5. spell was upon him and his colleagues. They would not, The Nouvelle Minerve has the following article :- or they could not. And if happily some of their former " The European project with respect to the Duke of Bor opinions rose reproachfully before them, and, beckoning to deaux, is as follows :-It is announced that he 'is preparing the past, pointed also to the future, their evil genius, who for a long journey for his instruction. This is only a pretext. was always at hand, quickly interposed, scared them away, The Duke of Bordeaux will go post to St. Petersburg, and whispered fiendishly in his wretched victim's ears- where a proposed marriage of the young Prince to some of " Lichfield House."-(Cheers.) So much for that ques- the Grand Duchesses is already spoken of. The difficulty tion, which was the vital one of the last session of Parlia- is, that the Princess is brought up in the Greek religion. ment, because it was the one on which all the efforts of the This difficulty, and even the difference of age, will be got movement party were made. I would now ask what does over. It is evidently intended to prove that the fallen the Government mean to do with the question in this ses- dynasty is preferred to the family which the Revolution has sion which is about to open? Do they mean to ask 658 chosen. From St. Petersburg the Duke will go to Spain, gentlemen to stultify themselves, by taking their words that where it is hoped Don Carlos will be restored. Madrid it will be a final settlement of it to pass the appropriation will then become the focus of Carlist plots. The first step clause? Every report from Ireland contradicts such a sup- will be to form a Royal Guard for the Duke of Bordeaux, position. It iss,„ . now reckoned only an instalment. Every- composed of officers, young men of noble families, devoted thing is only an instalment ; and instalment after instalment to the principle of legitimacy. Then some attempt will be will be demanded and taken, if possible, until there is not an made, from the Pyrennees, on the south departments. Such atom of the Constitution left. Our course is clear. We deny is the plan-it is not kept secret ; will it be allowed quietly that this will be final ; we deny the justice of the principle, to be carried into execution ?" even if it were ; and we flatly refuse to pay the first instal- The following is a translation of the petition to the ment.-(Hear, hear.) If we do not act on this plan we Chamber of Deputies, drawn up by the French holders of place ourselves in a position which will render it impossible Spanish Stock :- for us to support the Church. I shall now turn to other " Gentlemen-The treaty of the Quadruple Alliance subjects, which engage at this moment much of the atten- had essentially for its object the maintenance of the con tion of the country. And here lam warned to be brief on stitutional throne in Spain. We were entitled to count one of them, at least, by the presence of my Noble Friend. upon its execution, since the King of the French had signed I shall not attempt to vindicate the House of Lords-their it. In this confidence, when Spain contracted her last loan vindication is in much better hands than mine -; but I may we entrusted our capital to her, with the intimate persua be permitted to say a few words on that engrossing topic. siert that in associating ourselves to the design of creating Was it the Lords impeded the progress of Bills of public in that country a strong Government, similar to our own, utility ? What became of the Bills for the government of the King - would never abandon us. the Church of England ? They were proposed by the " What has become of the guarantee which rested on this present Government. Why did they withdraw them ? confidence ? At the moment when an active co-operation The Lords are favourable to all rational reform-(Cheers) promised the speedy end of the civil war which ravages -but they are opposed to the Radical and movement party. Spain, the French Ministry is changed. On the instant -(Hear, hear, from Lord Wharncliffe.) Ministers are the auxiliary corps which was forming at Pau is dissolved, now, I understand, prepared to leave all great and vital co-operation is abandoned, the treaty of the Quadruple questions what they call " open questions." I call on them Alliance is no more than a deceptive act. to speak out as to their true intentions. Lord Glenelg at " Thenceforth, also, the Pretender, favoured instead of Inverness says never a word on the subject, and the At- being repressed, pours his guerillas into the several pro torney-General and Sir H. Parnell avow themselves fa- vinces ; the civil war more and more devours the resources vourable to Peerage reform. Sir H. Parnell says, however, of the country • the finances destined for the payme nt of that he has not the slightest knowledge or means of knowi n g the debt are absorbed ; Spanish credit exhausted ; and we the opinion of the Government on the subject. Is this a Frenchmen, we who have placed our reliance on the execu state of things to last ? The Hon. Gentleman, after re- tion of the promise of.the King-of the King whom we peating his thanks for the honour done him, concluded by have always surrounded with our prayers-we are reduced proposing, amidst much cheering, " The Independent Elec- to misery. " " Gentlemen, the disaster which overwhelms us is the tors of the Borough of Wakefield. The CHanteteer-The Peers of England deserve well result of the inexecution of the treaty of the Quadruple of their country, and no one amongst them more than the Alliance, and of the rejection of the active co-operation Noble Lord who has this day honoured us with his presence. which was enjoined by that treaty. Will you let the Mi- Gentlemen, I'll give you "Lord Wharncliffe and the House nistry follow a policy which tends to our ruin? Thousands of Peers." of capitalists and of poor families approach you , to p lace Glee-" Hail, smiling morn !" their existence under your protection. Lord WHARNCLIFFE rose amidst great cheering, and " Last year, when the party who governs us showed it said-Gentlemen, reports, originating in the London news- self in p ower, y ou made the voice of the nation heard, and papers, and copied into the country papers, state the ap- that party returned to obscurity. At this day, gentlemen, pointment of Lady Wharncliffe to the post of lady of the dangers are far more alarming. Look at our allies in the bedchamber to the Queen. I should have thought the South !-the spirit of revolt supported, the public faith that some circumstances in my political station would violated, the counter-revolution encouraged-every thing have caused the people to pause before they believed the menaces both our fortunes and our institutions. story of this appointment. I have now only to say in " But in you, the elect of the people, rests the power to reference to it that I do not believe the idea has ever save us. Give a vote, and the men who have compromised entered for a moment into the minds of either of the every thing disappear, counter-revolution is driven bac k, parties, or that there is one word of truth in the en- treaties are executed, confidence and credit will be re-esta tire of it. I shall come now to the really im- Wished, Spain will find means to pay her debts, France re portant part of the toast-the House of Lords. There is sumes the influence of the great nation, and the King, him no concealing from ourselves and the co untr y that the self will thank you, for he wills the happiness of al l, a nd cannot will any thing contrary to it. House of Lords are engaged in a sever e stru gg le with the " Gentlemen, it is in this confidence that we have re republican faction in- this nation. In the last session of Parliament we were wantonly accused of hindering the course to you ; our expectation will not be deceived. , - "We have the honour to be," &c. settlement of a great question in Ireland, and charged with preventing, by that means, the establishment of peace in [Here follow 500 signatures.] that country. We were told, forsooth, that if we consented FRENCH FUNDS.-PARts, DEC. 5. Five per Cents., 106 f. 80c. 75c. 85c. to alienate the property of' the Church that party, whose Four per Cents., 99f. 15c. :25c. 20c. objects we all see plainly now, would be content ; and Three per Cents., Ant: 1 0 c. SOf 79 f. 95 c. 80 f. Pank Actions. 2,300 f. 2,32011 '2 ,315 f . that we would thus purchase peace for Ireland at a Rente tie F Naplperes, 90f. 50 , c. 40c. 30c. Roman ive Cents. 100. trifling sacrifice. But what do we see now ? The man Spanish Actives, 19 IS% me ye. whose power in that country is paramount says the appro- Spanish , Passives, 5% !4%. priation clause is nothing in itself, but everything in rela- Belgian Loan, Five per Cents, 101 10116 1 4. Portuguese Loan, Three per Cents, 2Sy4. tion to ulterior objects. Would be justi fi e d now in agree- Dutch Two and a Half per Cents., ea e s f. ing to that insidious proposition? Have we not the words EXCHANGE ON LONDON. One month, paper, '2sc. 37 1 / 2 c. ; of that man I alluded to, who said recently at a meeting money, 25f. :35c. . Three months, paper, 25f. 15e. ; money, 25f. 15c. in Dublin, " Give me only that measure, and I shall carry .._,..,es eureeetieue. all the rest." That was exactly what we said when the Bounsg, QUARTER TO FOUR.-The French Three per Cents., subject was under discussion in the House of Lords, and which were done this day at Tortoni's at teof. 30c., fell at one acces i si l o t n that was, moreover, what we acted upon. -This man has time on 'Chane to 80f. 5c. - , in consequence of a report that a the impudence to talk of his support to the King. He change was about Marshal immediately s to take place in the Ministry, says, "We wish to support the King and Throne." Can and that Thewoeufldmbareshtahle Sault P t r o esi o d i r ce t of the any man believe that if these objects of his were to be at- Council. leave no doubt of the intention of the French Govern ment to tained, there would be any safety for the King and T hron e? interfere in Spain. This rumour, and another ( extensivel y I wish religious instruction should be given to all. I wish credited) that Government had received front Bilboa intelli that every poor man may see the spire of the village church gence favourable to the Queen's cause, had the effect of bring rising above the old trees, and bringing back to his mind all ing up the Spanish Active to 114 (buyers.) the pleasing associations of happy innocent childhood. All LAST PRIOES.-Five per Cents., 107 f. sc. ; Three this would the voluntary system destroy, and give nothing per Cents., 80f. 15c. ; Five per Cents. Spanish, -; Three in its stead. Can any man believe that Protestantism could per Cents. Spanish, -; Cortes, -; co u pons, -; Gueb lie destroyed in Ireland without a great co nvulsion ? Let bards, -; Differes, -; New Loan, -; Actives, 191 ; Pas us look at the objects of Mr. O'Connell's desire-the vote sivcs , 5- i ; Ducats, --; Romans, H 100 ; Pedros, -; by ballot, annual Parliaments, universal suffrage, and the Beefs,Belgians, 10 -I- • Dutch, .13414bantink-f. ; ayt , Belgia ia n ns ßank f. 99 -c. ;CMoni-- complete abolition of the Parliamentary qualification. What tinuation, .-e. ; New Differes! -; Five per Cent. ; Perpe do they mean ? Democracy. Not only this, but by the tuelles, -; Royal Loan, -; Three per Cent. Portuguese, 28i ' • Actions, ' abolition of the qualification he would bring a number of Bank 2 320 f. ; Austrian, -; Rente de Naples, people over here with hint from Ireland, and as he 96f. 60 e . could rule them, so by their means he would attain to rule you also. Ido not, I hope , misrepre sent him. He has SPAIN. ketadrid Pa a ttacked the people of England of late , m ore p articularl y .. pers recs the Operative Conservative Associations, because they mani- „Attica' chief of Cordova 1 tested a wish to live and die under the shelter of the Con- e 20th of November, that fron stitution of their fathers. Be boasts that in the next Ses- ceived by him, Gomez had left sion of Parliament he will have 80 or 90 in place of 40 or de Osuna and Marchena, and ' 50 Members from Ireland-and by this way they may partly in Antiquera and putt lead a man to doubt-very much to doubt-the advantage patch of the commander of the derived to the country by the Reform Bill, when he sees division, he learned that that 1 such results. He then threatens destruction to your Con. eva del Rey on the 19th, a' stitution, which the House of Lords will most assuredly marches towards Posadas. resist.-( Hear, hear.) Eighty or ninety men in the House his despatch by stating that of Commons voting ,according to the wishes of one indi- the 18th of November at ( vidual may be dangerous ; but from what I perceive this wards continued to advanc night, the people of England are prepared to tell that in- A despatch, dated the ' dividual they will not be sold by him. Loud cheers.) the Government, announe The House of Lords stands in his way. He has said that bero, Commandant-Gene' his followers must stop the run on the Lords until his Gu trd at Santaella, on t other objects are gained, and that then he will attack A despatch, dated ( them. Has he not put the House of Lords on their guard ? and signed Edmund Sle and if in the next Session of Parliament measures similar attack made on that to those supported by him last Session be introduced Quilez, El Serrador, i to us, arc we not warranted-are we not only doing our commanded by O'Ryt duty-by rejecting them ?-(Hear, bear.) The voluntary lists, who, after besets principle is an illusion. There may certainly be some ill- went off in the direct thinking persons who would wish to destroy the Church in The moveable - co England ; but I firmly believe that the great majority even mend of Don Ante among Dissenters know that the safety of their own reli- vember ;in Bellisc gion depends on its maintenance. But with what face Buendia on that can we or the House of Lords be told that we are to .live November. way on this subject ; and that we are " old women" if General Mina we do not ? Our answer would be, " Are you blind that ship PhOccen, h you cannot see ? Are you deaf that you cannot hear ? Some say that Have you not been told that this is not their only object, not in a coedit" but that something else is behind? Are you only dupes? that the count or are you the miserable tools of a base faction ?" Until on board, as ' I see it with my own eyes I consider it impossible that bune of the they should again offer such measures to Parliament. Some dist Having said so much on this subject, I shall now g o to ano- of the erect ther. I entreat you n ot to deceive yourselves. The House of the Nat' of Lords cannot stay o r binder for any great time the mea- authorities sures these people propos e. It de p ends on the p eo p le of Great- The in Britain to do so alone. If they are satisfied that the y can resistance have a Constitution more to their peace and comfort than the w ere obi present one, let them say so-let them change it. The committ House of Lords will not be the hand to inflict the blow. I young r wish you not to be deceived. The people ,of England the toy have the power to tell the House of Lords that they are death useless, and that they should retire. But I believe they his fa' never will do so. The House of Lords will not find itself to hr deserted by.the people in its attempts to uphold their Ir liberties. It is my opinion t hat whatever ha pp ens, this the Government cannot continue. -(Cheers.) The y must Do satisfy the Dissenters-they must. conciliate the Radicals- ca they must settle the Lords -they must controul the Court, or their hours are numbered. The Noble Lord concluded, s; amides great cheering, by proposing " Prosperity to the town and trade eV Wekefield." Mr. MIcI.ETHwAITJ replied, 414 proposed " The Hon. f John Stuart Wortley." Other toasts were then given, after which the meeting separated. PARIS, Dix. " St. SebastiP - •4. FRANCE. —La Charte says :—" A letter from ..i, of the 30th, announces that 24 pieces of cannon i r . , ammunition, and a company of artillery had been ' .ded at St. Sebastian, and are intended to arm the fort of (From the Madrid Papers received to the 28th ult.) The political chief of Cordova states, in a despatch dated the 20th of November, that from the latest intelligence re ceived by him, Gomez had left Osuna for Arabal, Puebla de Osuna and Marchena, and that Ribero's division was partly in Antiquera and partly in Osuna. From a des patch of the commander of the advanced guard of Narvaez's division, he learned that that body of troops was at Villanu eva del Rey on the 19th, and had proceeded by forced marches towards Posadas. The political chief concludes his despatch by stating that Alaix had passed the night of the 18th of November at Castro del Rio, and had after wards continued to advance in eager pursuit of the enemy. A despatch, dated the 17th of November, received by the Government, announces the arrival of Don Felipe Ri-' bero, Commandant-General of the division of the Royal Gu ird at Santaella, on that day. A despatch, dated Quintana, the 20th of November, and signed Edmund Shelly O'Ryan, gives an account of an attack made on that day by the Carlists under Cabrera, Quilez, El Serrador, &c., on that place. The inhabitants, commanded by O'Ryan, opposed the entrance of the Car lists, who, after besetting the place for a period of six hours, went off in the direction of Villanueva. The moveable "column of New Castile, under the com mand of Don Antonio de Rote, was on the 24th of No vember in Bellisca. The rebel band of Cabrera quitted 1 Buendia on that day for -Priego.—Eco of the 27th of ' November. General Mina, who was to have gone to France by the s hip Phoceen, has been obli g ed to postpone his departure. Some say that he was told by the physicians that he was not in a condition to undertake the voyage. Others state that the commander of the Phoceen refused to receive him on board, as he was expected to die every moment.--,Tri bune of the 26th. Some disturbances occurred at Barcelona, in consequence of the execution of the decree relative to the mobilization of the National Guard, but they were suppressed by the a uthorities.—Thid. The inhabitants of Marchena offered a most energetic resistance to Gomez, but, not receiving any succour, they were obliged to yield to superior numbers. The Carlists committed the most frightful atrocities at Marchena. A young man, who had received a wound in defending the the town, was despatched by the Carlists, who beat him to death with the but ends of their muskets before the eyes of his father, who, at the risk of his life, had gone to Gomez to implore his pity.—Revista. In the sitting of the Cortes of the 26sh of November the report of the Committee relative to the exclusion of Don Carlos from the Spanish throne was read and dis cussed. Senor Alonzo opposed the report on account of its form. He thought that a declaration should be made similar to that which was made by the Cortes in 1814. He therefore proposed that the report should be sent back to the Committee for re-consideration. Scnor Caballero said he could not approve of the report, because it did not declare the exclusion of the Infants Don Sebastian and Don Miguel. After a short discussion the first part of the report, declaring the exclusion pf P O , ll Parlor, w4s mously adopt 4 (123 Deputies were present.) Senor Caballero then proposed an addition to the report to the following effect ;.--ff That Any military or civil authority brown' off the bed clothes (in doing Which he was much burned about the hands and other parts), be sna tched up the child, which, however, bad su ffered so severely, tat it had since died. The witness was not subjected to much examination by the Magistrate. He stated, however, that from what had transpired, his suspicions fell on the prisoner, who, in, con sequence of some previous violence and threats to another servant, had just been discharged by her mistress. Mr. Buck, a neighbour, deposed that in consequence of the discovery of fire in the prosecutor's house he went there, and accompanied him to the bed-room on the first floor, where the bed was found in flames, and the infant was taken from it by the agonised father as already mentioned. He assisted in extinguishing the fire there, and afterwards went, accompanied by another neighbour, to other parts of the house. In a room on the second floor was an appa rently unused bedstead, with only a palliasse upon it, and that also was burning, but the fire bad not advanced much, And was easily extinguished. Mr. TWItFORD asked him if he could discern any con nection between that fire and the fire previously discovered in the other bedroom. Tho witness said certainly not. The rooms were in dif ferent parts of the house, without any communication be tween them ; and upon the discovery of the fire in the upper room by him and his neighbour he immediately gave cx. pression to the conviction which he felt, that it had been wilfully occasioned. Mr. Roberts, another respectable inhabitant of Clifton street, was p r esent with the last witness at the discoveries mentioned by him, and confirmed his statement. jespector Brundley, of the G division of police, stated that .be bad been to examine the premises. In the bed room of the first-floor the bed and furniture had been burnt, and the dPor of the romp appeared to have been on fire. In the room on the upper-floor there was a mattrass on a bed-stead which had evidently been on fire on two of the sides, but was extinguished without much damage, there being no loose linon or furniture about it. The rooms in w hich the fires bad ben were far a part, on distinct floors, and there was no commuoication between them. A smart little girl, about 32 years of age, who was em ployed as nursery-maid, said that about half-past six on Monday evening she went up sta irs to p ut the infant to bed in th e chamber' of her master and mistress, on the first floor; and about an hour afterwards she went up to the room aga i n , to fetch an article for her master. She then went up without a light, and everything appeared to be safe. No person went up stairs after that, and previously to the fire except the prisoner, who had been discharged from the service ; and, being then on the point of leaving, went up stairs to get up her things, some of which were in the upper room, where the mattrass was afterwards found on fire. The witness being particularly examined as to what bad previously passed between her and the prisoner, explained that the latter was of a very passionate disposition, and, on one occasion, after some dispute between them, the pri soner flew into a violent passion, in the course of which she took off her shawl and threw it on the fire, but caught it off again before it was consumed. On another occasion, only a few days ago, the witness said she was cleaning the fender, with which she happened to touch the prisoner, who became enraged, and threatened to poison or other wise murder her. These threats had such an effect on witness that she left the house and went off home to her mother, who afterwards called upon her master and mis tress, and the prisoner received notice to quit on Monday evening. It was after eight when the prisoner went up to get her things, and the witness said she was sure the pri soner was the only person who went up after the child was put to bed. Mr. TWYFORD asked her whether her mistress's bed room door was open or shut at the time ? The witness said she had left it open. Mr. TWYFORD—For what purpose The witness said she was sitting in the kitchen, and had left the bed-room door open, in order that she might bear if the child awoke and cried. She was listening for that purpose, and no person could have gone up stairs without her hearing it. Mr. Hancock confirmed the statement of the young witness as to the inquiry that took place upon her com plaint of the threats of the prisoner, and the consequent discharge of the latter by their mistress. It was stated that the prisoner had left the house only about five minutes before the alarm of fire was triven, and she was apprehended yesterday morning at her mother's at Mile-end by Emes, police constable 164 G. The prisoner wept, and seemed distresied, but did not offer a word in explanation or defence. Mr. TWYFORD, after briefly remarking upon the suspi cious circumstances which had been detailed, remanded the prisoner until a Coroner's Inquest should have been held on the deceased infant. THE FREEDOM OF THE PRESS. , 1836. wik' m; ;ht arrest Don Carlos slwold inflict on him the pu nishment due to the crime of high treason." MADRID, Nov. 26.—The interest of Madrid is at this moment equally divided between the north and the south — the fate of Bilboa and the fortunes of Gomez. Of Bilboa we know nothing heyon , l what the Carlists tell us. Gomez has taken to the Serrania de Ronda, where lie ought to be destroyed, whether we look to the character of the troops in pursuit of him, or to the nature of the country. The Serrania is an island of mountains running along the coast. It is full of tenable positions and numerous small villages ; but to leave it some leagues of plain must be crossed, whether in the direction of Granada, of Seville, or Gibraltar There are 20,000 of the best troops in Spain at his heels, all now bent on his destruction. Riviero, with Road's divi sion, is the nearest upon him ; on the 17th it was in or near Montilla, and Alaix was not far off. It was not known at Cordova and Seville, whence the letters are (hated, where Narvaez was ; but, assuredly, lie has not lost ground. Nar vaez is a lineal descendant of hint who accompanied Cortes to the New World, and is a native of the country into which Gomez has now penetrated. It is to be hoped he will avenge his native m ountains. The Ministry is still incomplete. Lopez, having made the discovery of his own deficiency, gave in his resignation, now a week ago—and no Minister of the Interior has yet been found. Lopez is a young man of imagination and fire ; but his only law seems to be Spanish law and the history of the French Revolution. Neither one nor the other has served him. The Interior is very different from the department of Grace and Justice ; and he candidly confessed to his clerks and secretaries that he did under stand a word of their expedientes. As for his other re source—the History of the French Revolution, and the Life of Mirabcau—his failure was here still more signal. Nothing could be more ridiculous than his position when he had to change his tremendous " Terror, Terror, Terror !" which he pronounced in the Courts in his usual volcanic manner, into the puling " Rigour, Rigour, Rigour," which he was obliged to say he believed he had uttered. As for the Ministry of War nobody will take it ; and the Govern ment are about to nominate ad interim, the Brigadier Ro driguez Vera, a patriotic officer and Deputy to the Cortes. Oraa, being found one of the best Quarter-Master- Generals that perhaps ever existed, is about to be withdrawn from the army, and made Captain-General of Valencia, for which he is unfit. Oraa is called by the Carlists the " hoary wolf." He is one of the finest specimens of a soldier that ever drew sword—cautious, brave, impenetrable, with a knowledge of the country down to the number of the trees on the height of the rocks ; in fact, in any particular spot ; never troubling himself with politics ; always in the field early and late, aware of the proceedings and character of ever officer and almost every soldier in his army ; having all his pride in his duty, and a most perfect sympathy with the hardships and privations of his men. His son, Marcel lino, was killed a few months ago : he was a glorious young man, with all his father's loyalty and bravery, but more than his father's fire. Oraa doted upon him, but he never shed a tear over him, or uttered a complaint, nor turned a senti ment, but every body observed he looked much greyer—the old wolf came out of his den still more hoary. The ap pointment of Captain-General of Valencia—a charming appointment, more particularly for a man who has been three years in the horrid climate, and still more horrid war fare, of the provinces—arrived just as the army was pre paring to set out for the difficult service of relieving the siege of Bilboa. Most men would have gone off directly, for he had richly earned his reward. But he said, "No ; I cannot leave my men as long as they have such lantern jaws ; let us go to Bilboa together, and see if we can't fill their bellies, and get them some shoes. That done, perhaps I may go to Valencia." On Monday the reforms in the Constitution are to be proposed in the Cortes. All Europe—at least all that part which is liberal and rational—will be satisfied that this Go vernment and this Cortes wish for nothing unreasonable. It would have been just as easy to have enlarged the Esta tuto as to contract the Constitution ; but events got dread fully entangled with each other during the blind and head long reign of Isturitz. We are to have two Chambers— the one a popular Chamber like the present, the other a Senate like the United States—without hereditary honours, but chosen by the Crown ; the Crown to have a veto on all laws, and the convocation and dissolution of the Cortes —Ministers eligible for deputies, and deputies for Minis ters—the Executive to he strengthened, and the representa tion to be extended—the initiative to be possessed by the Chambers as well as by the Government. The Cortes yesterday took into consideration the pro priety of confirming the decision of the former Cortes for the exclusion from the throne. The proposition was passed unanimously. The President of the Council of Ministers declared, in the name of the Government, all transaction, all accommodation with the rebel Prince im possible. He had raised a sea of blood between him and the throne ; nothing was left for the rebels but to lay down their arms and leave the country, or to acknowledge Isabel II.; if not, he exclaimed, " War !—war to extermina tion." It must be remembered that Calatrava is a calm, modest man, a judge by profession and taste, and by no means the sort of person he is vulgarly considered in Eng land. He was followed by Lopez, the Minister of the In terior, in the same tenor, and by Arguelles, who made a brilliant charge against the traitor Prince. Caballero proposed an addition, that in case of Don Car los falling into the hands of any officer or magistrate, he should be bound to put him to death the instant the iden tity of his person was ascertained. Nov. 27.—Intelligence has been received that Gomez was on the 21st in Gaucin, about 25 miles from Gibraltar, and Rivcro in Ronda, about five or six leagues behind him. It is clear that Gomez is in rapid flight, and is proceeding in dreadful disorder. The road he goes is left strewed with dead, chiefly of prisoners and peasants. In the little district of Moron the Alcade picked up nine dead. SIEGE OF BILBOA. (From the French papers of Sunday.) BAYONNE, Nov. 30.—The Carlists are spreading a re. port that Espartero was defeated on the 27th, in the neigh bourhood of Somorostro. According to them the loss of the Christino General amounted to 3,000 men ; but this is evidently an exaggerated account. If the news had been true, even in part, the bells of Irun would doubtless have been set in motion. On the morning of the 28th the Carlists obtained possession of St. Augustin. BAYONNE, Nov. 22.—The Carlists have again opened their fire on Bilboa. On the 25th and 26th their artillery never ceased cannonading the fort of St. Augustin, which is now nothing more than a heap of ruins. The enemy's batteries, when the last news were dispatched, were within half a gun's shot distance from the exterior works of the town. A bulletin of General Eguia of the 26th ult. stated that in the course of the evening this fort would be levelled to the ground, and he concludes by saying that before -two days have elapsed the Carlists will be masters of the place. General Iturralde, who was at Zalduendo, a quarter of a mile distant from Narvaja, was surprised on the night before last by Martin Varea, who had left Vittoria with a small detachment. The General and his wife and children were taken to Vittoria. An Englishman of the name of Hawkins, who was some time ago arrested at the moment when he was setting off for London with documents for a loan to be managed by M. Ouvrard, and detained once more within this last fort night at the frontier on his return from London, is now in confinement at the Gendarmes barrack ; he had, at first, directed his course upon Bordeaux. Correspondences from the head quarters of General Du rango. dated November 28, contain the following informa tion :—" Espartero's column, on its way from Portugalette to relieve Bilboa, was attacked at Baracaldo by the Car lists, who charged with the greatest vigour. The Chris tino troops were obliged to fall back, after losing part of their artillery and baggage. While this work was goi ng on , another Carlist division had taken St. Augustin's Fort by assault. More than 80 Christinos were taken prisoners in the fort. The loss of the besiegers, as also that of the gar rison of St. Sebastian, is considerable. The Christinos' themselves set the .convent on fire the moment they could no longer defend it. The two houses in the neighbour , hood of St. Augustin's Fort are also in the possession of the Carlists. (From the French Papers of Monday.) In reference to the recent appearance of Carlist troops within eight miles of Madrid, it is stated that Gomez de sired that Cabrera should excite the fears of Government, and thereby cause the recall to Madrid of the division of Narvaez or that of Ribiero ; and being thus free from their pursuit he might continue his march up towards Andalusia. This, therefore, is the entire tactics of the Carlists—by be sieging Bilboa, they engage the whole attention of a nu merous army in the North ; and by approaohing Madrid, they endeavour to disperse the forces which are engaged in the South.—La Charte. The Sentinelle des Pyrenees of the Ist contains the following intelligence :—" The reports of the march of Go mez towards the Sierra de Ronda are confirmed. His object, it appears, is to reach the plain of Gibraltar. The intention of the Chiefs appears to be to place themselves and their booty in safety, and to dissolve the great body of rebels, which would then disperse in small bands. Advices from Gironne give some particulars of the taking of Verges, a small town near the river Ter, in Catalonia. On the morning of the 23d, the Carlist Chief Zorilla made his appearanco before the town, at the head of 326 infantry and 5 dragoons, He then proceeded immediately to the residence of M• Taulera, and condemned him, for having refueed to open the door of his house on the first sewmons, to be shot along with his son. terrace of the h il o i u s se cl , a t i s it s e h r' ot wi b lo y Four National Guards were also maseacred ; and a y oun g o had ne taken oi z i refuge iis o o fi lL e t r h s e . lady of 13 years of age, and wve‘l of the most respectable inhabitants ót the town were seized. &Ana then aban doed tno to the pillage of his soldiers, and exacted t .Li. '2OOO quadruples for the rawom of each of his prisoners. At eight o'clock Zorilla and his bands passed the Ter %via out being molested, and afterwards seized upon a nother village named Utramon, where they passed the night. On the following morning they were at a distance of a league from Gironne. It is really inconceivable that 6,000 (,artists should be allowed to commit such excesses in a province where there are 85,000 men under arms." News has arrived from Madrid , bear in g date of the 27th of November. We are informed that Gomez was.on the 21st at Gauein, not far from Gibraltar, and was closely pursued by Narvaez. This General, the successor of RD- A has shown more activity than the other Generals of the Queen. He Ind reached Ramella even before Gomez, • who is so pressed by him as to be obliged to abandon a great number of his followers worn out by fatigue. A letter from Madrid of the 27th of November, states that negotiations have been for some time past carried on, bAween the Minister of Finance anti a superior officer of the British Legion, who has made a claim on behalf of the auxiliaries for 60,0001., on account of arrear of pay. He has yet received from Mendizabal nothing but empty pro mises. It is said that General Labeau, on leaving Pam pelma, intimated, nay almost promised, to return after ex plaining to the King of the French the real state of things in Spain. P 0 I?7' 17 GAL. IMPORTANT TO MERCHANTS. " REPORT BY TILE FINANCE MINISTER. " Senhora—The regulations of the port duties has long been called for by the interests of trade and navigation. Numerous and repeated investigations have been undertake n during a series of years to ascertain the right course w hich should be followed for the attainment of so important an object ; but hitherto no useful and practicable method has been adopted. " In many cases national ships pay in the ports of Por tugal, under the bead of port duties and expenses, more than foreign vessels. " In almost every foreign port Portuguese ships 1 3 '9! much more than the ships of the respective nations psY the ports of this kingdom. " For instance—a Portuguese ship pays, in the ports of the United States of America, France, and England, un der certain circumstances, six, seven, and eight times a 5 much, as is paid by the ships of those nations in the port of Lisbon " The port charges should be imposed according to the capacity of ships, in order that there may be a due propor tion between such charges and the extent of the traffic • b ut it happens that in Portugal only a few ships are charged by tonnage measurement, while the rest pay according to fixed and equal rates per vessel, whether of 500 or 600 tons. " The method followed in Lisbon for calculating the ca pacity of vessels is not the same as in other ports ; a nd a like difference exists in the manner of charging for national merchandise shipped on board the said vessels for exportation " Great delays and embarrassments are experienced in the passing and clearance of vessels ; and in Lisbon the clearing of a ship depends on the custom-house (the offic e of the Secretary of State for Marine Affairs), the Quaran tine Department, the Belem Custom-house, the Officers 0 ' the Tobacco Contract, the Stamp-office, the Port-Captai n ' the Gaughers, and the Corn-market when agricultural pro duce forms the cargo. " In order to put an end to all such irregularities, an d to animate Portuguese commerce, by taking for model the provident measures adopted in the Navigation Acts of Eng" land, France, and other countries, I have the honour to propose to your Majesty the following decree. " MANOEL DA SILVA PASSOS. " Finance-office, Nov. 14, 1836." "'DECREE. " Taking into consideration the report of the Secretary of State for Affairs of Finance, I have thought fit to de cree as follows " I. After three months from the publication of this decree, foreign vessels sailing from the ports of this king dom shall pay a duty of 500 reis per ton, Portuguese ma' surement. " 11. Foreign vessels which may sail from the ports of kingdom after the above period, Entirely loaded with na tional goods, produce, or manufactures, or even forei.gn merchandise, already entered for consumption, shall paY 3 duty of 300 reis for each ton of Portuguese measuremen t ' " SS. Sole. The duty shall be 200 reis per ton, if the vessels have entered in ballast. " 111. Foreign vessels which, having paid the duties_ mentioned in the first article, shall sail in ballast for one of the ports of the kingdom, and there take on board an en tire cargo of the aforesaid merchandise, shall receive from the custom-house of that port one half of the duties already paid, upon presenting a certificate of the previous payment in the first custom-house. " IV. Foreign vessels which, after arriving in the ports of the kingdom, apply for license to trade and obtain the same according to law, shall pay a duty of 100 reis per ton of Portuguese measurement, though they should ne t realise any commercial operation. " V. Foreign vessels which may, rrom necessity, duly proved, enter any port of the king o ,om, shall pay no duty if they realize no commercial operation. " VI. Foreign vessels which have paid the specifie d duties in one of the parts of the kingdom, shall n ot be bound to pay any other, if in the course of one and the voyag e they should enter into another port of Portugal. VII. Portuguese ships navigating to foreign port; under c i rcumstances spec ifi e d i n the preceding art i c l es s hall pay only one-half of the duties therein stipulated. " VIII. Portuguese vessels which navigate betwee n different Portuguese ports shall pay a duty of 300 reis, Pe rt on Port uguese measuremen t f or t h e fi rst voyage of each Y ear ; IX. Portuguese ships employed in thefisheries,eit he on coasts or on the high s e a s , an d th e i r aux ili ar i es for ti lo ~ conveyance of the fish, being properly reg i s t ere d for that purpose, are exempt from all the before-mentioned dotiesii if upon examination on their departure and arrival it sh a d be found that they have on board only articles connects with the fishery. tieg " X. The gauging of vessels for paym en t o f the an, 4 , stipulated in the preceding articles shall b e performe d the following manner : "'Sec. 1. Measure by the Portuguese foot, and deciel al o s of the foot, the length of th e vesse l f rom stem to s tern ; ti o . breadth at the widest p ar t b e t ween th e r ib s o f t h e wa ist ny ; the gangway ; and the height by the pump, comprehend° the space from the orlop to the keelson. " Sec. 2. Multiply by each o th er the th ree dimensi o n° , thus measured, and from the product deduct in sailing sels one-third, and in steamers one-half. pet, " Sec. 3. The remainder, divided by 57.726 cubic will give the required tonnage. or " XI. The duties which vessels, whether foreig n it Portuguese, are bound to pay by the prese n t decree, 51 .„ 6 ,, be levied solely for the public Treasury, all other du ll e d, emoluments, and charges, whi c h h ave hith er t o been P 3 j, even those to the tide-wait ers sent on b oar d, b e i ng a bolisb e av Sole. Th e expenses f or p il otage wh i ch vesse ls ra ' pay on entering or sailing. are not included in this article; "' XII. A sin g l e d ocument w hi c h s h a ll b e pass ed b ) ,T be custom-house of th e res p ec ti ve p or t, an d i n w hich shaP tent mentioned the s t a t e o f h ea lth as d ec l are d by the comp s el. authority, will suffice to authorise the sailing of the veg s , e " Let the Secretary of State for the Affairs of F ina "be hold it to be thus understood, and cause the same to executed with due despatch. " THE QUEEN " Palace of the Necessidades Nov. 14. 1836. s ' (Countersigned) « MANOA DA SILVA PASSO • HOLLAND, in August T in i :a tE nt) H p A ti o b tr li E s , he D s E t C h . 1 . —The official journal (the steals Co Oi l year between his Majesty the King of the Netherlands itn`e the Swiss Confederation, for the reciprocal abolition of t i !" us detractus, gabella hereditaria et . census entiralt'is' which shall no more be levied in cases when by ingeritinice' gift, sub-removal, or any other court, there shall be a tra n .,; mission of property from the kingdom of the Nether g nu , and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg to the Swiss C?" 6 federation, or from the estates of the Swiss Con federat To in their whole extent, both present and future, t ° t , - 1 States of his Majesty the King of the Netherlands, urajc Duke of Luxembourg. TliE HAGUE, Nov. 30. His Royal Highness Frinlei°l Alexander, second son of the Prince of Orange, met it an accident yesterday evening, during the storm , "'lite es. is hoped will not be attended with serious co nseque n a ; a r Returning with his elder brother and General Bag e tur l3s, from Leyden, where he had been to attend th e Lec,. their Royal Highnesses were already in the - 13°s 1 (Groree) when Prince Alexan der was stru ck on the beso, by a falling tree. His Royal Highness was for .a. fewlk' 'l',,, mcnts insensible, but recovered so as to be able to wall'.',,, the Palace. This morning the account given at the Palace was ot ir factory. The hereditary Prince received no injury. . B y The storm yester da y was extremel y violent, espeela about two o'clock in the afternoon, and may be c oropa"' s , with that of the 9th Nov., 1800. The weather was sultr,s: the wind S.W. The thermometer of Farenheit was Y e e ,. terday morning at 58 degrees. A vast number of hoes; was more or less damaged, and great numbers Our the tr l torn up by the roots along all the roads. Our beaus f,,1 Bosch has suffered severely. Many carriages were bl :1 .. into the river in the vicinity of the Hague. The storm 1.1;:r pears to have rand with equal fury over the whole P vince of Holland' the et:in 4 st o a t n h e % e i n recovered from the effects of his accident. His 1 C )._! .. THE HAGUE, DEC. 2.—Prinee Alexander has en_t ( i '•:, l i Y i Highness the Prince of Orange, to whom news of . the Ir . a r ts o f the The accounts we have received from all par ~ ~0 sent, arrived from Tilbury on hurricane of the 29th. Several lives have ; c a t e nt r 1 , ble ill" wasale immediately evening. Amsterdam, and ether places. Except cell 1 a kingdom, give most afflicting accounts of the fects fs,tl:ls -tl